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A friend of mine has been awarded appointments to USMA, USNA, and USAFA. The appointee is still undecided on which appointment to accept, has heard many compelling stories from various sides, investigated each academy, and understands that they should maintain the long-term view (consider the 8...

Forbes Top Colleges - 2015 Ranking http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/#tab:rank Within the list -- Service Academies: #11 United States Military Academy #27 United States Naval Academy #38 United States Air Force Academy #101 United States Coast Guard Academy #213 United States Merchant...

THE OFFICIAL STATS: USMA at West Point graduated 995 cadets from the Class of 2015 on SAT 23 May 2015 at Michie Stadium in a spectacular ceremony that featured General Martin E. Dempsey ’74, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as the commencement speaker. After taking their Oath of Office...

brief, thoughtful article: http://carryingthegun.com/2015/02/04/why-we-need-west-point-painfully-written-by-an-ocs-guy/ DS graduates in May, and maybe once a year wonders what he has missed. Loves what he has accomplished and looks brightly to the future, yet still hears a lot of comparisons...

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http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/politics/2014/09/15/service-academies-congress-nomination-army-navy/15452669/

What It's Like To Be A Student At West Point The United States Military Academy at West Point is one of the most elite institutions in the country. Students, or cadets as they're called at the West Point, receive a full scholarship to the school in exchange for a five-year commitment to...

Now that this years’ admissions cycle appears to be pretty much at an end, I’m curious if anyone has any thoughts on the change removing rolling admissions. I’m not on the field force (or any force) and don’t have a prospective candidate in the game so I’m just interested in what others thought...

Just curious, nothing critically important, in years gone by (the corps has...) Recognition Day used to be maybe sometime in March or so. Ball park. I just found out that this year it won't happen until Graduation Day. Seems like it's kinda late for the Firstie's to recognize the Plebes when the...

DS just got notified that he must serve jury duty on the county court system the first week of August. Obviously, that's not an acceptable schedule given he'll be in Beast Barracks. We are required to provide a letter from his employer stating that service at this time would be an undue...

DS reports in the first group of candidates at 0630 on R-Day. Hearing so often that “early is on time”, I’m trying to plan a reasonable morning schedule, including what time to be at Stony Lonesome Gate in time to allow us to process security, park, ride the shuttle, etc. and get to the...

I found out today that there is an option on the candidate portal that I hadn't noticed before: COMPUTER PREFERENCE. If you haven't seen it yet, you are asked whether you want the basic computer package (not much detail given) or if you want an optional accessory package: • Docking station...

DS has finished sending all the available records in that are needed prior to R-Day with one exception: Dental records. He is out of state in college and won't be home for his dental exam until early May, so dental records and films won't arrive at USMA until around middle of May. I don't...

West Point Admissions NOTICE: The West Point Admissions office will remain open for business throughout any temporary shutdowns of the U.S. Government. We will continue to process candidate files and all candidate visits will occur as scheduled. http://www.facebook.com/westpointadmissions

DS got his appointment to USMA around Jan 25. He is out of state so I've been watching for stuff to arrive in the mail here at home. He got his BFE about a 5 days later. Now it's been 3 weeks and we have not seen any of the rest of his materials arrive, such as the paperwork for dental exams...

DS is entering USMA Class of 2015 and I'm making plans for attending R-Day. Can we bring along his adult sister to the activities, or is R-Day only for parents and NCs? Alternatively, are there aspects of R-Day that are only for parents yet we could still bring his sister along for the day...

Is this an accurate summary of the DoDMERB policy regarding removal of wisdom teeth for incoming USMA new cadets? 1. Get required current new dental information (“West Point Instructions for Candidates Offered Admission: Class of 2015, pg 7) “dentist completes the required examination...

Does USMA value nomination sources differently, such that (for example) a VP nomination means more than a MOC nomination, or a ROTC nomination means less than a Presidential nomination, … that kind of thing? Or are all nomination sources equal to each other? I searched but could not find...

My son’s applying for USMA Class of 2015. He is deciding between MMI’s SAP and ROTC at a MacArthur-Award winning battalion, so it’s a good program. His question is -- as a general rule (all things being equal, fully qualified and nominated), which option gives him his best shot at getting an...